Quite frankly, I think it's up to the people who live there. That's the way it's supposed to work. That land belongs to the owners of the land (surprise surprise) and if the owners decide that they would like to sell it to loggers, that's there decision. I seriously doubt that all that land belongs to the gov't, so it's private land. If it's public, I would be ticked off that the gov't would own so much land. What would stop them from saying they own all the land in the US (slight exaggeration to prove a point)? I think it's funny though that people who lobby for protecting stuff like that have wood furniture at home, their houses are made of wood, they rely on wood everyday for various things like that. Environmentalists dont want mining either...so no metal. Plastic doesn't biodegrade. Gas pollutes, so cars are a no go. Electricity is made in powerplants by burning fossil fuels, or Nuclear energy, so no more electricity. Hmmmmm...How would our lives change if Environmentalists were in charge? We'd be living under rocks. And only certain types of rocks, because some rocks will be protected because there are rare or something. We'd be eating...something or another since we can't kill animals, can't spread plants that arn't native so there wouldn't be a lot of edible vegetation. I think you can see where this is going. Of course I'm exaggerating the situation, but this is the way we would have to live to avoid the Environmentalists being hypocrits. We live in a free country where people are free to do as they please. If you want to prevent the forests from coming down, that's quite alright. I'm not gonna tell you not to, or that you are a fruit. You can live your life how you want. Just don't try to change mine. If we die in a few years because of pollution or nulcear waste, or global warming or whatever, you can point the finger all you want and say "I told you so" and stuff. I'll just point back asking "Didn't I see you driving an SUV? Weren't you using a computer...sucking up electricity that needed to be created by burning fossil fuels...etc...". To answer your question, what happens to private land is up to the owners. The gov't has no right to tell anyone what they can do with their own land and what they can't. Go save some trees in Russia or China or something. If things get screwed up over here, people will learn.
